33 boats from 8 countries attended the 2019 Hobie 16 Asian Champions in Weihai,China.  All boats were supplied and chartered. 15 of the boats were new boats. Weihai had previously hosted a Hobie 16 World Championships. With a new sailing club and new organisation the event was totally reformed. With anew 4 star host hotel […]

The US Sailing Multihull Championships is an event that rotates amongst the catamaran classes. This year’s event was held on Hobie 14’s. This was a three-day regatta held concurrently with a two-day Hobie regatta for the other classes. Spray Beach Yacht Club in Long Beach Island, New Jersey hosted the regatta. Spray Beach YC has […]

The Italian National Hobie Championship hosted in Pescara (Italy) from the 2nd to the 4th of May had all the right ingredients: wind, sun, races and athletes, thank to the perfect organization and hospitality of Circolo Velico Svagamente. Eight wonderful races have been completed between 10 and 15 knots, mainly from east and south-east, having […]

This year’s Hobie 16 Nationals, originally to be held over the Easter weekend was moved to the following long weekend, and fortunately so as the country watched on while Durban endured severe flooding over Easter, and Mozambique was hit by Cyclone Kenneth, it’s second for the year. The Durban organisers promptly assured the entrants that […]

Doodle Dodds and Andrew Ward do it Again! Not satisfied with squeezing in a win at last week’s Hobie 14 Nationals over Hein De Jamer, Blaine “Doodle” Dodds (or is it “The Doddsicle” streaking past the rest of us?) served up a maestro’s performance with Andrew Ward this past weekend in Langebaan and won (once […]